Friday we did a road trip to Kingman, where we picked up the guide to the historic downtown walking tour. There are over 60 buildings on the National Historic Registry. Many of them are made of tufa stone like St. Mary's church below.
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| St Mary's Catholic Church |
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| Mechanical Hare |
After doing the walking tour, we returned to Bullhead City via the very curvy road over the mountains into Oatman. It has signs warning that trucks with trailers longer than 40 ft cannot go on the road. Not only is it very windy, but in many places there isn't even room for guard rails on the outer side.
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| Route 66 stop on the hill before Oatman |
Saturday morning we walked up the road by the RV park into residential area up the hill. Then we walked the .7 miles along the highway to Safeway to pick up some bread. We saw that the Black Bear Diner was being remodeled. Joan did some research and found that they had a kitchen fire on March 16. They plan on being open for business toward the end of the year.
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| Black Bear Diner being remodeled |
Monday, we walked to El Palacio Restaurant, not too far past Safeway. We had the mini taco lunch special, and the Mexican Flag enchiladas (named because each enchilada had a different sauces, one white, one red and one green. As usual, the servings were large enough that we took home enough for supper. On the way back, we walked up the hill above the highway to the historic Hardyville cemetery, overlooking the highway.
Tuesday, Joan ordered a new pair of glasses. They cost about a quarter of what we paid for the last ones, and they will be ready tomorrow, instead of taking a week. Afterward, we did a walk up the hill on a road next to the one we are on. At the top of the hill, a few palm trees were planted around an entrance to a development that is all laid out ready for house construction with all the utilities to the lot line. However, not one lot has any construction on it. It looks like a development project that ran out of money just as they were ready to start selling lots. The development company was formed in 2004, so this situation may have existed for many years now. Interestingly, the palm trees still have irrigation drips feeding them water.
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| Hills North of Bullhead |
On the way up the hill, we saw a hare that actually stopped for us to get some photos.
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| Desert Hare |
When we were back near the RV park, we saw a roadrunner in the open lot next door. It also posed.
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| RoadRunner |
Wednesday afternoon, we got the call to pick up Joan's glasses. We filled up our holding tank with water in preparation to head south for some boon-docking.
Thursday morning we woke up to a high wind. There was a high wind advisory until 7pm for areas from Bullhead City to Lake Havasu, at least half of our planned route for the day, so we decided to stay put for another day. This was a bit complicated by the fact that it is Thanksgiving Day, and the office is closed. Fortunately, we were able to catch up with the manager in the clubhouse, where he was preparing for a potluck dinner tonight. He told us that he 'didn't see any reason why it would be a problem for us to stay'. We have come to the conclusion that there aren't many short term stays in this park, as office hours are limited, and unlike most of the parks we stay in, the managers don't appear to live in the park. Other parks, have a self-registration process for times when the office is closed, with a list of available sites. Nothing like that in evidence here.
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